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8 September 2014

‘Saudi Arabia’s first female filmmaker’ republished

Lice v Lice (Macedonia)

Haifaa al-Mansour – Saudi Arabia’s first female filmmaker – knows a thing or two about trailblazing. Her latest movie, Wadjda, focuses on a young girl’s experience of a society segregated by gender divides.

While al-Mansour wanted to open up everyday life in Saudi Arabia to an international audience, she also wanted to show women’s experience to male audiences at home.

In the article, republished by Macedonian street paper Lice v Lice, she spoke to Rebecca Harkins-Cross of The Big Issue Australia about making a film in a country that still forbids women from driving or working without a man’s permission.